It's like the first day you check into a hotel in L.A. there's a message under your door. The second day, there's eleven messages under your door. The third day, there's thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy messages. And I realized that they just want fresh blood. They. Just. Want. Fresh. Blood. You gotta get the hell out of there. And you really feel, if you live in New York, that you're three hours ahead of them—I mean that literally. It's like, Oh man, we gotta help these people! And the longer you stay there, the less ahead of them you get, and then you're one of them. No way, man. Not for me.
In hindsight, it's all pretty obvious Mon Mar 8 2010
The "Brutal" Oscar campaign That's brutal as in "My feet hurt and I'm tired" not "I'm starving in Africa with HIV". It's a process piece on any political campaign from mayor to President with more attractive people and issues people can easily understand.
On a side note, writing more than a paragraph about Kathryn Bigelow and not mentioning that she directed Point Break is unforgivable. -hendred
As expected, this list of 45 is rife with remakes, sequels, and other unoriginal content. I actually think the two DiCaprio movies intrigue me the most here. I'll have to set aside a few hours in 2013 for when they make it to TNT. Also, this comment about the upcoming Prince or Persia movie made me laugh: "This looks to be a visual banquet, but don't expect the plot to blow your mind in a good way. Video game movies are cinematic widowmakers, and the main cast is so ethnically out of place that this will infuriate Persians in a way that'll make 300's ten-foot drag queen Xerxes seem quaint." Ripped from IMDB, the only other site I frequent now that football season is over.
I'd like to congratulate Michael Bay. I've never heard of anyone dropping a deuce for two and a half hours straight. But last night, right in my living room, he did it. Kudos to you, Mr. Bay. Kudos. -hendred
The consensus of the commenters seems to be that, for the post-star wars list, Fifth Element should have been included and Starship Troopers should not have. I think the new definition of 'list' should be: a group of things that does/doesn't include a bunch of stuff that it should/shouldn't.
From Rollins: I found out recently that they are working on remakes of both Footloose and Red Dawn. Then a buddy and I started arguing about which of the 2 movies was older, and IMDB revealed that they were both made in 1984. After checking the list of top grossing movies for that year, I have to say that it was possibly the greatest year ever for movies. Have a look.
It was also a pretty good year for the Cubs. Coincidence? I think not. -hendred
New Sacha Baron Cohen movie coming out. The extended title is "Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt." Pretty NSFW, unless you bartend at the Holiday.
Days earlier, it emerged that the film's first test screening, in Marina Del Rey, Los Angeles, had apparently garnered an extraordinary 99 per cent "positive" rate of feedback and prompted verdicts such as "flawless".
The original script conference for Raiders of the Lost Ark. Lucas, Spielberg and Laurence Kasdan talking for 5 days about Indiana Jones (Smith). I haven't read the PDF but the snippets on the linked page are great. Some are serious and insightful. Others are unintentionally hilarious. I also have no idea about the veracity (authenticity?) of all this, but it seems like way too much work to just make up. -hendred
S - What if it's an animal we hate, an animal the audience can't stand. It's always after our hero and doesn't like him very much, like a mongoose.
Oscar Nominees. Assasination of Jesse James..... has put me off Brad Pitt movies for a very long time to come, so I can't comment on Ben Button/Forrest Gump II. Actually, I think I've seen like 4 of these. Apparently I need to go to the movies more. -hendred.
Little Known Documentary Recommendation Tue Jan 20 2009
I watched the 2005 documentary entitled The Devil and Daniel Johnston twice over the last week. It's the story of an indie musician who suffers from mental illness. I had never heard of him before a friend recently mentioned his name and I checked out a few of his songs. Maybe hipsters like Caldeira, Miolla, and jm have heard of him - most of his recordings are self-recorded, lo-fi, single tracked, and not on any real label to speak of. There are three reasons why I think this was a particularly good biographical documentary:
1. The subject had an unusually large portion of his life recorded (audio and video) for a non-celebrity kid who grew up in the 1960s and 70s. Makes them rely a lot less on just interviews and still photos.
2. He's a genuinely talented piano player (less so as a lyricist, singer, or guitarist). I've been gradually making my way through his discography since first watching the documentary, and generally enjoy the music. It has classic-sounding, yet original compositions.
3. He has some crazy adventures (to be expected, I suppose). Examples: he visits New York to record with Sonic Youth (among other opportunities), and at one point is released from a mental hospital and then performs live the same night. At another point, he takes over the controls of a small aircraft and puts it into a tailspin.
It won the award for best director for a documentary at the 2005 Sundance. The only negative comment I have is that since they only speak to Daniel Johnston's friends, family, and supporters, they exaggerate his talent (comparisons to the Beatles and Rolling Stones, for example). Recommended for anyone who likes documentaries and finds indie music or mental illness interesting. -decker
This Certainly Seems Nerdy Enough...Mon Nov 24 2008
But it's in the New York Times magazine, so how nerdy can it really be? It's about the $1M Netflix prize, and recommendation systems generally. Apparently, Napoleon Dynamite is a thorn in the side of Netflix prize competitors. -decker
Afternoon Discussion: I'll give you a topic: Rhode Island is neither a road nor an island, discuss.... Mon Sep 29 2008
From Jim: I really enjoy Netflix and once in a while I like to try and find the worst possible movie ever to watch and marvel in it's incredible terribleness. I just came across this one and was wondering what everybody else's terrible movies were.
NINJA CHEERLEADERS: "3 college cheerleaders use their martial arts know-how to save their Sensei from mafia kidnappers, but must keep their extra curricular activities a secret in order to make it into an Ivy League school".
It stars Trishelle from the Real World Las Vegas. Nuff said.
From Blum: Don't know if this is old news or not, but there's a George W. Bush pic coming out this fall from Oliver Stone. I'm by no means a bush apologist but this looks so ridiculous that it may come off looking like a bad mad tv skit.
The trailer looks way over the top, even for Oliver Stone. -decked
Confirmation: The Dark Knight was OverratedTue Aug 12 2008
As recently as this past Saturday, The Dark Knight was still rated the #1 movie of all time on imdb. Now it is #3. Interestingly, during all of this chaos, Shawshank Redemption managed to pull a coup and take the top spot over The Godfather.
Anyway, I'm glad DK is coming back down to earth, because I finally saw it last night, and it's definitely overrated: Christian Bale's Batman voice is silly, to the point of being a distraction; Bruce Wayne at times felt like a James Bond rip off; I didn't care about the people being held hostage on the boats (or their morals); it felt long to me; and Maggie Gyllenhaal should have been replaced by a hotter actress.
Everyone who praised Heath Ledger's performance was right - it made the movie. It wasn't a bad movie, and had some very good action scenes, but I'm not sure why it hasn't received more critcism. Looking down the imdb list, I think I enjoyed it as much as several of the movies in the 120 to 140 range (although I enjoyed some even below that more than DK, like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels at #196). Good summer movie, but not a great movie. As a great man once said, "Feel free to disagree, but you'd be wrong." -decker
From miolla: The Watchmen is a totally legendary Frank Miller graphic novel which should translate amazingly to the screen if the preview has anything to say about it. Directed by the guy who did 300 (Zack Snyder). This could be another highly anticipated movie. I'm pretty pumped to see it.
You read that correctly, it's already ranked as the #4 movie of all time at the time of this posting. Actually, a 9.7 would be by far surpass the leader, but imdb must subscribe to my theory that there is some self-selection in seeing movies and weights its score down for the ranking. Although, Get Smart still hasn't dropped to the level that I predicted. I'm counting on the rental crowd to knock it down another tenth...
Did anyone see Dark Knight on opening night? Oof, I'm looking in your direction... -decker
Saw Get Smart this afternoon. It's not very good. There was less comedy and more action than I had anticipated. A lot of the gags fell flat, and some of the dialog was awkward. Some of the action was good, but because it was a comedy, a lot was just too unbelievable. So you're left with kind of a straddler between action and comedy, and it ends up doing neither well. I was able to confirm that Anne Hathaway is hot though. -decker
I've been using zml, which I posted a few months ago. After Hendrix mentioned Punch Drunk Love and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, I grabbed those. I've also bought Catch Me if You Can and A Beautiful Mind from it. It's been reasonably quick to download (1-3 hours). The only strange thing is that sometimes it breaks them up into 2 or 3 downloads and you have to piece them together yourself. Overall, not bad for $3 or $4 to own.
So, any suggestions? Obviously, you don't know all of the movies I've seen, and I'm not going to list all of them here. But the best suggestions would be ones that maybe didn't catch your attention when they came out, but you saw later and were really surprised (at how good it was, not because you saw a dick or something). Dramas, comedies, action, whatever. If it was surprisingly good, name it. Thanks. -decker
Worth it just for seeing Brad Pitt punched in the face Wed Jun 18 2008
Trailer for the Cohen Brother's new film Burn After Reading. Looks like a return to their popular formula "guy gets in over his head with a bunch of hardcore people", as seen in Raising Arizona, Big Lebowski, and Fargo.
More details about Transformers 2 Apparently they're adding a chick that turns into a Buell Firebolt motorcycle. I could generate a list of about 80 bikes off the top of my head that would be better, but why bother?
I can only hope Shia Lebouef and his anti-midas touch show up to really turn this into a crap-fest of concert porta-potty proportions. -hendrix
I don't know about everyone else, but consider me one of the people who enjoyed the first Transformers movie by Mr. Bay. Further whetting my appetite, rumor has it that the constructicons will be appearing in Transformers 2. - JT
Latest entry in the AVClub's Films That Time Forgot, The Acid Eaters. Next time anyone mentions how the 60's were all about the art and free love, tell them to go fuck themselves. -jm
Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. Pictures will release its film adaption of the final "Harry Potter" book in two parts, saying doing so is necessary to milk more money out of the series stay true to the tome. ... The first five films in the series have grossed $4.5 billion globally. ... Warner Bros. President Jeff Robinov said "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is "packed with vital plot points" and that "the best way to do the book, and its many fans, justice is to expand the screen adaptation."
I have no problem with them doing this, and I will likely see neither of them. Just think it's funny that they are pretending to be motivated by anything other than the potential to make more money. Is there any overlap between DTS readers and Harry Potter readers? -decker
The movies are at "premium" DVD quality (which sounds really poor at resolutions like 720x292 compared to HD content, but oh well). Most of the ones I looked at were between $2.99 and $4.99. -decker
WSJ: The One Percent Jamie Johnson did 'Born Rich', and this profiles his second effort. If you haven't seen 'Born Rich', it's definitely worth a watch, if only for the amount of douchebaggery they squeeze into it.
Lindsay as Marilyn. I think this means she'll be dead in about 6 weeks. I particularly recommend slide 8, but there are some other gems as well. This is what Bill Simmons references as the thing he can't link to in nymag. Tastefully not safe for work. -decker
Cybill Shepherd...tons of talent, no underpants. Thu Feb 7 2008
From Will: Suppose you could go to this link which talks about Woody Allen's next movie. Or suppose I just paste the best part:
Scarlett Johansson has a steamy lesbian sex scene with Penelope Cruz in Woody Allen's upcoming "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." A source tells us: "It is also extremely erotic. People will be blown away and even shocked. Penelope and Scarlett go at it in a red-tinted photography dark room, and it will leave the audience gasping." The women later have a threesome with Javier Bardem (below), who plays Cruz's husband.
These dorks tried to translate star wars concepts into saving money in the real world. Mildly amusing, as most star wars internet stuff is. This is all polega.
Interesting Statistics on Rambo Movies Fri Jan 25 2008
I could not have less desire to see this movie but John Mueller of Ohio State is a man possessed when it comes to the greatness of Rambo. This chart clearly lists out all of the pertinent information needed to understand the Rambo series.
Named after the green guy in the garbage can Tue Jan 22 2008
The Oscar nominations are up. No Country for Old Men and There Will be Blood both grabbed 8 nominations. Both are excellent. And it's now "Oscar-Nominated" Norbit. Thanks Derek.
That Cloverfield movie got an A- at the avclub (the onion), who are not afraid to pan a bad movie. It also rang up a 76% at rottentomatoes. Suppose that means it might actually be good. -jm
As an added bonus, here is the 6 minute super trailer shown in IMAX theaters before I Am Legend. This is haxxxor video taped, but comes out well enough to enjoy it. This movie looks awesome. -JT
Alvin and the Chipmunks took in $45 million this weekend. That's fourty five million. (Fear of the end of the world = bad spelling. -ed) Dollars. I love Jason Lee as much as anyone, but this is a sign of the apocalypse. -hendrix
The best part is that Fox (who pulled funding in the middle of filming, because of the chance of offending sponsors) is on board with selling Brawndo because they might make some money. Sluts. All from polega.
Now all you need is Mitchell and Jurassic Park on HDDVD Tue Dec 4 2007
From derek: HD-DVD to introduce distance synching. It will be possible to watch a movie simultaneously with someone somewhere else. The host controls the play/pause/etc... functions.
In case you missed it the first time Sun Sep 23 2007
How SpiderMan 3 should have ended. It's really more of an expose on why Spider-Man 3 was a terrible, terrible movie. And if you think this cartoon is bad, the movie is worse. And 300 times longer. And not free. -hendrix
Why does this sound good to me when I know it would be disgusting? Thu Jul 19 2007
From Rollins: While the thread title could apply to most Saturday nights in the Pika basement, I'm actually referring to Ben and Jerry's new "Simpsons"-themed ice cream.
From polega: Car and Driver reviewed some movie cars. Starsky & Hutch Gran Torino, Back to the Future DeLorean, MadMax Interceptor, General Lee, Batmobile.
Totally bogus, as the slowest, least roadworthy Batmobile "wins", even though all the other cars are dinged for being 70's and 80's cars. But, I'm sure all the C&D editors were old enough to remember watching Batman in primetime.
I can just picture Elijah Wood saying Thu Jun 7 2007
Rollins: Thundercats the motion picture is on. After Transformers and He-Man, its clearly only a matter of time until they announce GI Joe as the next project.
You want me to ask, all right I'll ask... Thu May 31 2007
5 movie quotes that must be stopped... While I like most of these movies, I agree with the author. Only obscure lines from movies should be quoted... then they should be continuously repeated until someone punches you. - from Will
...and has a new documentary called "Sicko" about the state of health care in the US. He apparently wants government-run, taxpayer-paid health care like France.
My prediction (without having seen it): he'll have some good points about problems with US health care, but will paint a misleading picture of health care in other countries: emphasizing lower costs to patients at the time of care, and ignoring/understating higher taxes, longer waits, and any degradation in doctor/care quality.
His goal is probably to persuade voters to demand socialized health care before he has to spend his fortune on medical expenses stemming from his upcoming 10 heart attacks. Because everyone knows that the real answer to our health care problems is to replace income taxes with "fat taxes," and Moore would be in the top bracket. -decker
Rob Zombie and Others on Harry Potter Fri May 18 2007
Rob: "I'd probably make it be very violent with a lot of nudity. That's what it needs. Harry should say 'f---' a lot. That would spice it up." - from DP
After taking in Spiderman 3 this past weekend, I thought I'd share at least one way I could have better spent the 2.5+ hours.
Step 1: Put both of your thumbs right next to each of your eyeballs, nails pointing toward the back of your head.
Step 2: Push really, really hard until you hear two distinct popping/sucking noises. You probably won't be able to see, but that's for the best.
Step 3: Go to the emergency room and see if they can put your eyes back in your skull. I don't think this will take more than a couple hours, depending on drive time, etc.
Step 4: Light some money on fire.
That's pretty much it.
And if you actually saw and enjoyed/liked/did not loathe Spiderman 3, please let me know. That way I can completely discount any future opinion you may offer on anything more complicated than whether or not you are in fact wearing pants. - hendrix
I really dug Little Miss Sunshine. I thought Steve Carell deserved something. Guess not.
Children of Men was also excellent. Thought it deserved more than Cinematography, script, and editing. Cinematography is actually going to be tough because The Illusionist, which was pretty good, had pretty awesome (and DVD-player confusing) cinematography.
I haven't seen most of the others, so there it is. Anybody see 'Pan's Labyrinth'? Any good?
From Blum: The the new trailer for Transformers After having seen most of the production designs I still say they're REALLY over designed. However I have to admit the trailer looks pretty cool.
Almost filed it under douche baggery because it involves Michael Bay
Caldeira had the assist on this one, adding I hate to admit that this actually looks kinda cool.
I think the last time we remarked on her here at bhendrix.com, her boob was falling out and she didn't notice. Anyway, she came clean about her body and plastic surgery. I typically can't stand celebrity journalism, but The Superficial is worth an RSS add. I still think Joel writes it, but I was wrong that one other time about that other thing.
From derek: Trailer up for Farce of the Penguins with Tracy Morgan, Dane Cook, Gilbert Godfried, Norm MacDonald, Lewis Black, the less dead and less funny Belushi, and all the dads from Full House. As narrated by Samuel L. Jackson.
This looks pretty dumb. The NSFW applies to the unrated version. -ed.
Trailer for 'Deliver Us from Evil' It's about Catholic priests who are also pedophiles. Focuses on one in particular. It's hard for me to believe that more of these guys haven't been straight up killed vigilante-style. But I guess that's what the Church teaches.
"If there is one more item of Uzbek propaganda claiming that we do not drink fermented horse urine, give death penalty for baking bagels, or export over 300 tons of human pubis per year, then we will be left with no alternative but to commence bombardment of their cities with our catapults"
From JT: This film won Kevin Smith's "Movies Askew" Fim Festival... it touched a bit of a nerve (in a good way) with me for obvious reasons, but I thought it might be interesting for everyone as well.
A little flamebait on a Friday afternoonFri Sep 1 2006
The best DVD commentaries The only explanation I can figure for Terry Gilliam's being so highly ranked is that he somehow explains his piece of shit movies during the commentary, and thus everyone goes home happy.
From the makers of supertroopers Beerfest trailer When maxim hosts your trailer, that's not good. It's a MMS link, so you technically can't download it. And it might not work. But they play signals (or something like it) and willie nelson is in it.
TRANSFORMERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fri Jun 9 2006
This one's from Shek: TransformersMovie.com There's not much there except a countdown timer created by someone who can't program. But check it out if you've got a minute.
Yes, but my father was a piano mover, so... Wed Jun 7 2006
The religious implications of 'Groundhog Day' Pretty much every major religion has followers who see parallels to their faith. It was on this weekend, and of course I got sucked in.
I realize I'm a bit late to the game, but 'Thank You for Smoking' is excellent. Go see it.
I may actually pay full price to go see District B13. The guys that star in it are the parkour dudes, the ones that run up walls, jump off cliffs, and never seem to get hurt. It's currently 83% fresh over at Rotten Tomatoes.
This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen. The dude in the video is apparently heir to an oil fortune of some sort. Stern goes off about him. -ed
Scroll down to post five to see the full list. It's a little bit of a travesty, but such is life. Biggest ommisions I saw were "Super Troopers" and "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". "Shrek"? Whatever.
Eurotrip might squeak into the top 1000 if there were such a list. The fact that Meet the Fockers was even mentioned as being funny shows that idiots made this list. -ed
"Brian Hendrix" submitted this: As you all know I am a huge Nick Cage fan. For my money, Snake Eyes was his best movie. And I can't get enough of that accent he did in Con Air. So obviously, I am super excited about his latest endeavor - Ghost Rider. Watch the trailer here. I still have goose bumps from it.
The Dave Decker Collection is now available online. It's got the four Crime & Incidents that I did at CMU, plus a little movie I just made here at school about two Mexican twins in my class.
The Knight Rider Movie This one's from Joel, who says Glory of the 80’s. Word is there’s a Magnum P.I. movie in the works too. All we need is the A-Team, and we’ll have the trifecta.
Ken Lay still under cross-examination Basically he's a self-serving prick. And while I'm at it, I highly recommend Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. Be warned that it'll make you either yell or want to yell at your TV. It'll also convince you that Lay, Skillings, Fastow, and the rest of these ass-clowns should be drawn and quartered in a public square. The rest of the scumbags participating in the California trading should be put in PMITA prison for the rest of their natural lives.
And on another side note, Waiting is pretty funny. Oof did not put me up to this.
All derek: Footage from the upcoming Snakes on a Plane. It's Samuel L Jackson, on a plane, with snakes. Yes they deserve to die, and I hope they burn in hell.
All oof: This crazy woman rants about Oscar bias, oh yeah, she wrote the short story from which Brokeback Mountain was adapted. Here is the actual piece and here is CNN's coverage of it. Without commenting on the alleged actions of my employer, the Weinsteins pioneered the tactic of sending out screeners - effectively buying votes - so to lash out at Lionsgate seems unnecessary.
Plus, she cites voters being out of touch with America and their own city (LA). I have heard and read several pieces that assess the validity of the Los Angeles that Crash portrays. Interestingly, most white people seem to say it's not true, while everyone else says it accurately depicts the prejuidices they encounter daily. So to argue that her movie is more controversial and thus should have won is bullshit. Believe it or not, the Oscar goes to Best Picture, not Most Controversial or Most Likely to Become a Cocktail Party Punch Line. I hope this 'robbery' will stop her from allowing her future works to be adapted for the screen.
I guess I wasn't the only one that picked up on it.Mon Mar 6 2006
MSNBC on why the Chosen Few didn't find Stewart funny Not a lot of insight, but I forgot about Ferrell and Carell doing the makeup bit and Tomlin and Streep doing the Altman thing. Priceless. I guess it comes down to wether the host should please the stars or the viewers at home. Ah well.
Is this some sort of record where the 6 big awards all went to different movies?
I thought Stewart was pretty damn funny at points, and proved that there are a lot of Hollywood people who need to either drink more or get a sense of humor. See Phoenix, Joaquin. The Scientology bit and the Baldwin family crack made it worth the price of admission.
I try my hardest to hate George Clooney out of pure jealousy (does he need anything else? Really?), but he seems like a pretty cool guy. Which make me try to dislike him more. And fail.
And Rachel Weisz got fat, huh? Man, those publicity tours must have free food or something. I think Bob mentioned it before, but Constant Gardener is pretty damn good. Well worth a rent.
Glad Wallace and Gromit won and I felt bad for Lauren Bacall.
Hopefully Oof will be waking up in 8-10 hours to tell us about the orgy.
Syriana review: Really thought-provoking, quite entertaining, a little hard to follow (still not sure I got all the plot points). You'll like this as much or as little as you liked 'Traffic'.
King Kong review: I laughed, I laughed some more, I was creeped out, I openly gawked at the uber-hotness that is Naomi Watts. I was well entertained for 3 hours. Don't forget your popcorn.
Golden Globe nominees are out Mmmmm... movies that are only available in NY/LA. Ferrell got a nomination for supporting in 'The Producers'. Wallace and Gromit got robbed.
Having seen 'Good Night and Good Luck' last night, I can only assume that the nominating committee is either on crack or composed entirely of men and women to whom George Clooney has promised sexual favors. The movie is terrible. The fact that it took an hour and a half to cover three plot points made me want to claw my eyes out. And after being bludgeoned with the 'modern parallels' the whole time, I almost did. I wouldn't know Murrow if he got out of his grave and punched me in the face, so watching someone mimick him did absolutely nothing for me. And all the ridiculous camera angles just made me think "Wow, that's a distracting camera angle. I can't wait until they play more coma-inducing music to fill in this reed-thin plot." If you want to know about McCarthyism, head to Wikipedia or read the Crucible.
If you're looking for some entertainment, check out the user reviews on IMDb. Some of the post titles are tremendous.
I've taken in several documentaries lately for some reason.
Murderball - Wheelchair Rugby documentary. It's on DVD, and if you haven't seen it, you absolutely should. It's not some namby-pamby feel-good Disney BS. It's a full look at a bunch of guys playing a really cool sport and it also covers the rest of their lives. It provides an insight on living in a wheelchair that I've never seen. No punches are pulled and nothing is left out. It's a nice change of pace from the usual group of overpaid, hyper-competive, egomaniacal felons that populate professional sports in that these guys aren't really paid and I didn't notice that any of them are criminals.
March of the Penguins - It's a year in the life of the Emperor penguins in Antarctica. Beautifully shot and scored, it will probably win documentary of the year because Ocscar voters are idiots. Apparently Disney has ruined the entire animal kingdom for me, as I kept waiting for the damn things to talk. They do not, thankfully. It's only about an hour and twenty minutes, and even that seemed a bit long. I was left with more penguin questions than they answered and the entire time I was wondering how the hell they filmed it (which was answered in one of the DVD extras). Morgan Freeman adds a lot as the narrator. I think the guy could read the telephone book and I'd watch for at least 20 minutes. The penguins are cute, they waddle around a lot, and there are baby penguins. Girls and kids will love it. And there is no talk about fecal propulsion, which is BS, or no PS, in this case.
First Descent - Really good snowboard porn. It's more soft core than your average 30 minute festival of money shots, but it's got a decent story and a lot of interviews with people that were there back in The Day. If you haven't seen any snowboard movies, the riding footage will make you question reality, but it's nothing better than you'd see in a TGR/Standard Films production. I found the commentary on what it's like to be a pro snowboarder from Shaun White and a bunch of others to be one of the more interesting threads (and there's about 5, because the filmers are apparently snowboarders and have the requisite ADD). Worth seeing if you ride, ski, or are really interested in riding, but otherwise, you'll probably be bored.
Clerks 2: Electric Boogaloo, the Quest for more MoneyWed Nov 30 2005
The official site of the sequel to Clerks Has a lot of video clips. And a lot of making fun of Kevin Smith for having to direct his wife making out with Brian O'Halloran.
I hate to say it out loud, but does anyone else think that casting his wife is a horrible idea? -ed
From oof: As most of you are aware the 4th installment of Harry Potter opens wide in theaters today. Owing to this it is worth checking out one of the star's blog, no its not the girl's. Anyway, he lists his hobbies as fishing and not drinking.
My hobbies include not fishing and drinking. Potter IV is at 89% on Rotten Tomatoes. -ed.
For those not down the the cause, Heder was Napoleon Dynamite. Reading this makes me think of those 'Let's do this' skits on SNL when they try to make the most ridiculous film possible. -ed
From Jacques: For whoever has seen the Shining (which better be all of you... because your house didn't raise you to be a pansy)... I saw this gem on iFilm's Viral Videos... depicting the Shining as a happy, feel-good movie... awwwww.
New Harry Potter trailer. From oof. In other news, the Apple Trailer feed is hosed and probably dead for good. They implemented all the 'features' I had on the site. Although their RSS feed licks.
These boys get that syrup in 'em, they get all antsy in their pantsy.Wed Sep 7 2005
All from derek: It seems Broken Lizard has signed a three-year, first-look deal with Warner Brothers (most likely due to the cash from Dukes of Hazzard)
There's an interview here that says their next movie is going to be Beerfest, which is basically this underground beer games drinking competition, like BLOODSPORT or FIGHT CLUB.
All from derek: list of people with a star on the hollywood walk of fame
Including Big Bird, Ryan Seacrest, and Tony Danza. No sign of Christopher Walken, Jean-Claude Van-Dam, or Mr T. At least Chuck Norris made it. How can you put in Tom Cruise and not the Cheerios' honeybee or the Kool-aid man?
There's a little more info on the walk over at wikipedia. The big barrier, as far as I can tell, is putting up the $15k. I've heard of fan clubs doing it for some stars. In related news, Chris Farley was just awarded one posthumously. -ed.
The newest version of Quicktime Alternative allows you to view HD trailers ala quicktime 7, which was previously impossible for people with real computers. All from derek.
From Jay Park (really): Support your Beta Sigma alum.
Brandon Foy has completed his movie. "The Quest for the Holy Ale". I think Paul Warren plays a bartender in the movie, and I think I might be an extra in the movie as well.
The Best Part of the movie MVP (Most Valuable Primate)Mon Jul 25 2005
To Jim, Love Miolla For anyone who hasn't seen the movie, there's a part that involves goats. The link is not from the movie but replays the funniest part.
I'm not sure this will do anyone much good, but DO NOT go see 'War of the Worlds'. Save your $10, light it on fire, give it to a bum, buy a couple car bombs. Whatever you do, avoid this steaming pile of dog shit captured on celluloid. Tom Cruise is now on the ban list. Feel free to disagree, but you'd be wrong.
From oof: A friend of mine out here worked on that gem of a film, Pearl Harbor, he told me that Michael Bay's response to people questioning his directorial decisions was "Trust the Box Office". It became such a joke that the crew had t-shirts made with that expression. Anyway, Slate has profiled this idyllic director. For my money, he is still the devil though.
Agreed. His movies are best used to test home theater setups. Although I think more movies could use Ferraris. -ed.
Box Office Mojo. Everything and anything you ever wanted to know about movies and actors and cash. Cool charts like Actors by gross. Orlando Bloom is ridiculous. $217m average. And will anyone ever beat senior Spielberg-o's $3,166,300,000 total?
The Perfect Man is currently at 0% Fresh. This probably won't last long, and it's only based on 13 reviews, but I found it amusing and the tag line wrote itself. On the plus side, Batman is at 82%. Giddyup.
All from Miolla: Eve's Beach Fantasy. Someone has to buy this. It's only $6.95. Watch it through all the way. The voice over is totally classic. I had to mark it not safe for work since I think it's soft p0rn but the trailer doesn't contain any nud1ty.
It's a Troma production, if that tells you anything - ed.
The insurer took even more precautions with Jolie, the only cast member insured by AIG as an essential element, since even a broken toe could cost the insurer a cool $134 million. Her "edgy quest for danger" notwithstanding, no fewer than three stunt doubles substituted for Jolie, bringing the stunt-person budget to a near-record $1,894,662. (Click here to see the film's entire budget.)
Hollywood Oof weighs in from la-la land: So yesterday Microsoft sent messengers around dressed as Halo characters to the various studios to create a bidding war for the Halo script. Surprisingly, no one in this town was dumb enough to take their offer of 10 on 15 with total control.
From bhendrix - Here's how it breaks down for me: $9 tickets, $6 bags of popcorn, $5 sodas, 17 minutes of commercials (!!!) and trailers (I timed it), semi-comfortable seats, cell phones ringing, and shows that play at inconvenient (for me) times. This is vs. $5 rentals/$20 purchases, no commercials, no trailers, my own couch, my giant TV + surround sound, and low-cost snacks.
I won't even get into it about how shitty the print/projection was for cinderella man this weekend vs. a DVD.
Cinderella Man was pretty freakin' sweet, for what that's worth. But it'll be a while before I'm back in a theater.
It's only a spoiler if you ain't seen it yetThu May 26 2005
Warning: Spoilers!
More Episode III information. This one's from oof via bean-o, who thought it was so good, he made two submissions. two submissions.
Scroll down a little to the Episode III paragraph(s). There will be a black-text-on-black-background block. Highlight it to be able to read it. In the paragraph there is a link to more cool (spoiler) stuff.
This information is more interesting than at least 1/2 the movie, and I can't understand why they didn't include it.
3. Christopher Walken - Cinema's most unique voice, Walken reportedly taught himself his halting manner of speech by deleting all the punctuation out of his scripts when learning his lines. You can. Understand. What that could do to your. Speech. Right? Anyway, we could use a little more cowbell.
Star Wars dork and his tats. This one's from Shoof, who asks What is this picture really about? The lame tattoos? or the naked chicks in the background? Either way, this guy is a dork. Oof's starwars tattoos look way better than this.
I believe she means the site oof submitted a while ago, unless oof has gotten some new ink. (Other than afghanistan on his arm, that is. And yes, I am a horrible, horrible friend.)
If you like cars even remotely, I highly recommend Dust to Glory. It's documentary about the 2003 Baja 1000, one of the gnarliest races in the world. One guy tries it solo on a motorcycle. All kinds of awesome trucks, dune buggies, beetles, and bikes. IMDb info
if you go to MuggleNet.com, there are a bunch of pics from the goblet of fire movie out. the one of the labyrinth is the best. and i am not going to be perverted and mention a few of them, but if you look at the picture of Ron in his getup for the ball, he looks just like shaun white a couple years back. its kinda funny. If you were to roll me on the 20-sided die of dorkdom, you would get a 21.
plus fleur and hermione are wicked hot.
Ron does look a little like Shaun White, which is weird. And Hermione looks a little bit like a younger lindsay lohan.
Tons of movie trailers. You can sign up to get e-mail when they're added. 'League of Ordinary Gentlemen' looks pretty entertaining. Strikes and gutters, dude.
The full Wedding Crashers trailer. Derek sent this one in. It seems to be heading for 'Meet the Parents' territory, which is never a good thing. I'm rating it 'hold'.
So they're going to remake Land of the Lost as a movie with Will Ferrell and Adam McKay directing (Anchorman). This is from derek. I wouldn't know what to do with this one on HSX. - ed.
EW says Dukes of Hazzard #7 hot movie of the summer. I only mention it because a) picture of Jessica Simpson in 'the shorts' and b) Jay Chandrasekhar, the indian dude from Super Troopers and Club Dread, co-wrote and directed it. This might not be awful.
hollywood oof sent this whole thing in: In an act of clairvoyance, it seems a compromise may be reached between the two sides of competing next generation DVD. This is a win-win deal. We, the consumers, win cause we won't have to worrying about buying two players to play different studios movies. And, the studios, manufacturers, etc. win cause in the end only one format was going to win so by eliminating the costs of a protracted debate, they can better position themselves to swindling us out of more money by releasing more special uber two-disc editions of the same movies.
I don't undertand how much clearer I need my movies to be, but cheers to the studios for finding a way to bilk us out of our cash for the same shit. While suing us of course. And adding DRM. -ed
WHEREAS, Uncle Rico's football skills are a testament to Idaho athletics;
WHEREAS, any members of the House of Representatives or the Senate of the Legislature of the State of Idaho who choose to vote "Nay" on this concurrent resolution are "FREAKIN' IDIOTS!" and run the risk of having the "Worst Day of Their Lives!"
From oof: Here is a good chronicle of MGM's recent collapse. It emotes much of the nostalgia and sentiment around town. It's like the aged star in Sunset Boulevard who doesn't quite realize she is past her prime, and no one in business wants to have to tell her so.
So the line has already started for SW: Episode III, a full six weeks before the movie comes out. Their site is pretty entertaining, I particularly like in the FAQs where they address what to do if you have a job and can't stay in line full time. All from Oof. I can only add that these losers are sitting outside the wrong theater. For some excellent nerd-on-nerd combat, check out the related Slashdot story. As jm the Emporer said, 'Fight.'
Elija Wood is Very, Very Gay. I'm not saying he is. That's just the name of the page. Anyway, good for a laugh. Reminds me a bit of some mioll-isms. Update Marked 'No Desks' because I guess it could be work-offensive.
More Sin City from Wired. Mostly a profile of Rodriguez and how me makes movies. Also contains some interesting stories about Tarantino and how Hollywood sucks.
Profile of Allen and his new movie. I have never understood what made any of his movies funny, interesting, or entertaining, and now he's given me reason to stop trying. Shouldn't he be banging one of his adopted kids instead of giving interviews?
He said he was not familiar with Ferrell, an eight-year veteran of TV's Saturday Night Live and star of film comedies such as "Old School" and "Elf," until he was shown some of his movies.
"I thought the movies were moronic, but he's a funny guy," Allen said.
Sin City rules. So admittedly, this is one person's opinion, but the Q&A put to rest pretty much all of my fears. It's tracking at 100% right now at Rotten Tomatoes, albeit with 9 reviews. Mostly stolen from Slashdot.
2nd Trailer for Kicking and Screaming staring Mr. Ferrell. Rollins sent in the trailer I posted a bit ago, but the new trailer just dropped. Dave added Personally, I'd say the Golden Age of Ferrell is coming to an end with this one. I think it looks pretty funny, although it seems he's carrying the whole thing, for better or for worse. The Ditka cameo is pretty funny.
Oof sent this: For what it is worth, Apple has taken sides in the next generation DVD battle. It seems now that Universal and Warner Bros. are standing alone on the HD-DVD side against Sony, MGM, Fox, Disney, Dell, HP, and now Apple. Considering Blu-Ray is technically better, hopefully it will be the only one available to consumers.
I'll add that HD-DVD's main hardware support is from Toshiba and NEC, while Blu-Ray has Sony, Panasonic, and Philips.
Invisible Film Quiz. Remember that Excel sheet that was going around a long time ago? This is a weekly version. If you don't remember, they blank out the faces and body parts of a scene in a movie and you guess the movie. Some of them can be pretty tricky. Although I expect everyone to get #2 and #3 from this week's version.
All from Oof: In that time honored Hollywood tradition Gibson and cohorts are rereleasing The Passion of the Christ, only this time it's the Director's cut, featuring a shorter, less gruesome torture scene. Now truly, every Christian will be able to enjoy their Easter celebrations with this popcorn-munching-family-fun-fest on the big screen. I wonder if this rerelease will spawn a collection of other rehashing of Passion knockoffs?
From bhendrix - In related news, the ratings board gave the re-cut an R rating, even though Gibson was going for a PG-13. It is being released without rating, causing many theaters to not show it. That, and the fact that it's been on DVD for a while now.
Be Cool sucks. It's at 20% right now over at Rotten Tomatoes. I don't understand? It seems like a winner. John Travolta - and he dances! Glad to see I don't have to alter the ban list formula.
All from Hollywood Oof: Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh are suing New Line for more money from LotR. This purview is what I do everyday here at MGM, of course we don't have any recent blockbusters. Here is a good overview of Studio accounting, bear in mind that now deals include video games, ringtones, and practically every other conceivable medium.
So Google is in the movie information business. If you type in movie: "movie name" etc., you get specs for the film you're interested in. It doesn't stop there. For movies in theaters, you get a prompt for show times. For movies not in theaters, you get a Rotten Tomatoes-style aggregation of all reviews. And if you're looking for movies in Lincoln, Nebraska, do movie:Lincoln, NE and it'll give you showtimes in one punch. movie: Steven Spielberg will give you senior Spielberg-o's resume. Anyway, maybe they've been doing this for a while, but I thought it was cool and wanted to pass it along.
Halle Berry shows up to accept Razzie. Tom Green did it before, but she went a little further, adding "I want to thank Warner Brothers for casting me in this piece of shit". It's from Reuters, so I'm assuming it's real, even though it reads like an Onion article.
Melinda and Melinda It's a Woody Allen film starring Will Ferrell Two writers argue over whether an unexpected guest at a dinner party would make a better comedy or tradgedy. Ferrell is in the comedy scenario. As an added bonus, Woody Allen doesnt appear in the movie.
A Very Long Engagement wins cinematography award. You may remember it as the film spoken in French, filmed in France, using French actors and French crew, but then declared not French. I remember it as one of the more horrifying war movies of all time. But yes, the cinematography was excellent.
The IMDb posted the headline "Aniston Turns to Girlfriends".
It was not about what I had hoped. Instead, it was about her 'support circle'. But it finished with the following lines, and my hope lives on.
When I am with my girlfriends and we are having a 'goddess circle'. The most beautiful I have ever felt is when I am surrounded by a group of women and we are having some wonder ful evening together and are celebrating women.
MGM hacked up their 'widescreen' DVDs. They aren't truly widescreen. You can exchange your copy for a better one or get $7.10. The movies include Silence of the Lambs, and Bill and Ted's (both), Spaceballs, UHF, Princess Bride, Hoosiers, some James Bond stuff, and some spaghetti westerns. Suck. Update You can't necessarily get a copy of the movie you have, there's a list of 325 to pick from. Thanks MGM! Update IIRead This. Apparently this is much ado about nothing. I got swept up in the hysteria that is slashdot. My bad.
Why Sideways is overrated. The author thinks it's because so many critics identified closely with the main character. I've seen the flick, and it was good, but it's not something where I thought 'wow, this is the best flick all year'. I'll throw another log on the fire - the praise is cumulative for most critics' previous adoration for American Splendor and the public shunning it received.
Steven Levitan is an Emmy Award-winning writer and executive producer of television comedies. He created the long-running NBC series Just Shoot Me and is developing two series for next fall. None of this impresses his wife and kids in the least.
I am no longer the target audience.Mon Dec 13 2004
Golden Globe nominations are out. 'Sideways' and 'Desperate Housewives' racked 'em up. I saw Sideways last week, and it was good, but I didn't think it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. And I watched 'Desperate Housewives' last night, and just didn't understand why people watch it. (and yes, I know the women are attractive and slutty) Anyway, the rest of the nominees are from the typical end-of-year rush.
The Friday after the Friday after next.Thu Dec 9 2004
XXX: State of the Union. Cube replaces Vin, Samuel L keeps yelling, and the Green Goblin returns. Shek sent this to me, and points out that it may take the cake for cheesy one-liners, from the trailer alone. Oof, arjen, save hollywood. Please.
The full Team America sex scene. It was edited down to get an R rating. (Keep in mind these are puppets.) So now the full length one is on the net. No sound, but still. Obviously not safe for work, except that it's just two puppets in obscene positions.
Fez is back with Mandy Moore after Lohan breakup. Normally I don't pay much attention to this stuff, but what is this guy doing to be up to his eye-balls in tail? Are they putting something in the water over at That 70's Show? And on a side note, I'd like to nominate Lohan's boobs for best supporting actress in a comedy.
NY Times profile of Wes Anderson He did Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, and The Royal Tenenbaums. A small piece before his new movie comes out. And if you haven't seen it, I highly recommend "I Heart Huckabees", the movie mentioned in the article.
Raleigh: [Into tape recorder, softly] Dudley suffers from a rare disorder combining symptoms of amnesia, dyslexia, and color-blindness, with a highly acute sense of hearing. Dudley Heinsbergen: [from adjoining room] I'm not color blind, am I? Raleigh: I'm afraid you are.
What's up with Affleck's career? Admittedly, he's been in some serious turkeys, and the whole JLo thing makes my skin crawl worse than a certain REM album, but I think he's a decent actor and just needs to stop picking movies that suck, or have 4 writers, or are still being written during filming. Here's his resume On second thought, perhaps my love of Dazed and Confused and Mr. Smith has cast a shadow on him, but still.
150 movies you haven't seen but should. The mention two of my favorites, Ronin and High Fidelity, so it has to have some worth. Anyone got any they want to add? Mayes, I'll put you down for Brazil.
Meet the Fockers It's the sequel to Meet the Parents. Stiller runs so hot/cold, it's tough to know if this will be good. Thanks to Ms. Graf for this one.
From the IMDb - The long anticipated movie version of The Simpsons has been put off until at least 2008 because those connected with the TV show don't want work on the movie to affect it, exec producer Al Jean has told Entertainment Weekly. "The biggest thing is you don't want to do a movie that's not reflective of the quality of the show, and you don't want the quality of the show to slip because you're doing the movie. So we're taking a little time," Jean said. This is in reference to this story from a while back.
The Star Wars Ep III Trailer. In case you hadn't seen it, Brick sent it in, along with the art posting below. I dare say it doesn't look as bad as the first two.
From the IMDb - Hollywood hunk Johnny Depp's wish has been granted - Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is set to play his father in Pirates Of The Caribbean: Treasures Of The Lost Abyss. Depp has admitted that he based his character Captain Jack Sparrow on the aging rocker when he shot the 2003 hit Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl, and now the stars are reportedly set to team up on screen. Earlier this year, Depp was alleged to have expressed an interest in Richards playing his father. The sequel is set to begin filming in February, with director Gore Verbinski taking the helm again.
John Woo to direct 'He-Man'. I don't think Dolph will make it out for this one, but maybe Courtney Cox won't be busy. I knew that collection would come through. Hopefully this will be better than the steaming pile that was 'Face/Off', which I'm nominating for worse use of a forward slash ever.
Ladder 49 sucks. Although I'm sure it will open big at the box office and Travolta will somehow retain his 'bankable star' status, even though he hasn't made a good movie since Pulp Fiction.
If you're looking to catch a flick this long weekend, I highly recommend Garden State. It's a little bit hipster/emo, but I liked it, so it's a tolerable level. Should be playing somewhere near you...
Sequel to Clerks... DP sent this in, and it just hit Slashdot as well. plus some thoughts from kevin on casting At first I was like, huh? This is not good. But after reading his rationale and where they're going with it, I think it could be good, but I'm a total fanboy, so what do I know? Oh - and if you think he's doing it for the cash, I don't think so. He's got a ton of loot from his flicks, comics, stores, etc.
Moore says downloads of F 9/11 okay. The distributor is not so happy. So he apparently cracked the whole no distributor thing, at least for people with huge connections.
“Forget what you may have already heard. Curtis Hanson’s L.A. Confidential, an unapologetically brutal modern film noir, is not the best movie of the year. It’s the five best movies of the year.” —Paul Tatara
“Action! Gore! Romance! Heroism! Tits!” —Gary Hladik on Starship Troopers
I liked this movie the first time. When it was called Backdraft. Look into it, you ass clowns. Go make Signs II or some other shit movie. Maybe you can defeat the aliens with nitrogen this time. Or is that too abundant? Travolta: lifetime ban. No exceptions.
Riding Giants No, it's not porn. It's the new movie from Stacey Peralta, formerly of Powell Peralta, who made the awesome documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys about the beginnings of skateboarding as we know it. Here he tackles the origins of big wave surfing and the insane level it has come to today. Can't wait.
New Anchorman trailer. Ferrell elevates himself to above god-like level. Thanks to DP for this one. If you don't laugh, please stop reading the site. No, seriously. Stop.
Hollywood Stock Exchange. I was gonna put this under 'Yearly Time Suck', but I couldn't resist. Anyway, you can buy and sell movies like stock, along with picking box office return over/unders, etc. Pretty cool. Mentioned it once before, and I think a few people took to it like Chris Rock to the pipe in New Jack City. Thanks to Oof for the link.
Can Episode III be saved? Survey says: No. Save your $ for Shrek 3 or Leonard Part VII. I'd rather watch two Travolta movies (except Battlefield Earth) back to back than re-watch the first two. No Croutons Dammit! Thanks to Brian E for the link and quote.
The Bourne Supremacy. Follow up to the Bourne Identity. Looks pretty cool. Matt Damon make a good non-action-star action star. In case you hadn't heard, non-action-star action stars are the new action stars.
Crazy uhh, acrobatic/martial arts video. 19.5 MB WMV It's sort of that stuff from the Nike commercial where people are leaping around on buildings, but taken to about 3 levels beyond that. My ankles hurt from just watching.
Disney forbids Miramax from distributing Michael Moore's new movie. The reasons are under question. According to Moore's agent, "Mr. Eisner expressed particular concern that it would endanger tax breaks Disney receives for its theme park, hotels and other ventures in Florida, where Mr. Bush's brother, Jeb, is governor." Which if true, is seriously messed up. Disney execs are denying that. They say their reason is that "It's not in the interest of any major corporation to be dragged into a highly charged partisan political battle." It seems like if your business is movies and you acquire a studio like Miramax, you have to know that there are going to be some controversial movies made. It's not like they're Microsoft putting anti-Bush propoganda in Windows. Sounds like Dogma all over again (developed by Miramax then sold to Lions Gate), so it seems like that might happen. This could all be resolved by hitting about the head people who associate the opinion in a film with the parent company of the company that distributed it. UpdateHere's a longer piece from CNN.
He invented television. I don't mean he invented television like Uncle Milty, I mean he invented the television.
THEY'VE ARRIVED IN THE STUDIO AND SAM STANDS BY THE ANCHOR DESK.
SAM (CONT'D)
In a little house in Provo, Utah. At a time when the idea of transmitting moving pictures through the air would be like me saying I've figured out a way to beam us aboard the Starship Enterprise.
J.J.
Yeah, look--
SAM
He was a visionary and he died broke and without fanfare. The guy I really like though was his brother-in-law, Cliff Gardner. He said to Philo, "I know everyone thinks you're crazy, but I want to be a part of this. I don't have your head for science, so I'm not gonna be much help with the design and mechanics of the invention. But it sounds like in order to do your testing, you're gonna need glass tubes."
TASKER
J.J., I don't think there's really--
SAM
See Philo was inventing a cathode receptor, and even though Cliff didn't know what that meant or how it worked, he'd seen Philo's drawing and he knew they were gonna need glass tubes and since television hadn't been invented yet, it's not like you could get 'em at the local TV repair shop. "I want to be a part of this", Cliff said, "and I don't have your head for science. How would it be if I taught myself to be a glassblower? And I could set up a little shop in the backyard. And I could make all the tubes you'll need for testing." (BEAT) There oughta be Congressional medals for people like that.
MITCHEL
Maybe so--
SAM
I've looked over the notes you've beeng giving over the last year or so, and I have to say that they exhibit an almost total lack of understanding of how to get the best from talented people.
TASKER
Excuse me, but--
SAM
I've also read pieces that Dan and Casey have published in magazines from Sports Illustrated to The New Yorker, and it's hard for me to understand why anyone would want them to write like Keith or Kenny or Craig. We're gonna ask Dan and Casey to write like Dan and Casey for a while, see if that doesn't help us out.
MITCHEL
I don't think it's up to you to decide--
SAM
Day to day creative decisions'll be made by the show's Executive Producer, Dana Whitaker. She's the most capable and interesting producers I've met in live television and if she goes someplace else she'll bury you.
TASKER
Mr. Donovan--
SAM
Her two chief associates could easily have the top spot on another staff. The crazy guy-- Jeremy-- If you asked him where he lived, I don't think he could tell you within three streets. He never goes home. The brunette? Natalie? She prays before a show. She doesn't know I've seen her, but I have. I think it's nice, but she needn't bother. There's nothing anyone can do for her that she's not capable of doing for herself. You said before that for whatever reason, I seem to be able to exert authority around here. I assure you, it isn't because they like me. It's because they knew two minutes after I walked in the door that I'm somebody who knows how to do something. I can help. I can make glass tubes. That's what they need. One last thing: The first and last decision making authority on this show will rest with Isaac Jaffee until Isaac Jaffee says otherwise. And if you disrespect him again in my presence, I'll re-dedicate the rest of my life to ruining the rest of yours. If you think I'm just mouthn' at you, ask around about me, I have absolutely no conscience about these things.
J.J.
Sam, why did you bring us out here?
SAM
'Cause the exit's right there. That's all. The meeting's over.
Dodge Ball Trailer Stiller and Vaughn back again. Also, Spider Man 2 Probably crap, but cool Doc Oc. Oh, and in case anyone was wondering, Punisher is one horrible movie. John Travolta is on the permanent ban list with no exceptions allowed.
Audi providing cars for I, Robot. Not sure how good the movie's gonna be, but my favorite company with a four ring logo is involved, so that's something. Thanks to Philippe for this one. In case you were wondering, here's the trailer.
New Batman pic news. Flash: It might not suck. Thanks to That Guy for this one. In other news, check out American Psycho if you want to see who's gonna be Batman. And if you like to watch ATMs eat cats.
Worst Movies of the 90's. Don't know who this guy is, but he got a lot of them right. However, including Billy Madison and PCU is just stupid. They're dumb, silly movies. If you don't take them as such, look up your ass. There may be something large and pointy wedged there.
The Razzies - Worst Movies of the Year. I feel bad for Ben, but you make bad movies, you pay the price. And for the record, I liked 2 Fast 2 Furious. Any movie with Ludacris has at least one redeeming quality.
Supersize Me. Documentary about eating only McDonald's food for 30 days. "Within a few days of beginning his drive-through diet, Spurlock, 33, was vomiting out the window of his car, and doctors who examined him were shocked at how rapidly Spurlock's entire body deteriorated." Ouch.
Starsky and Hutch trailer. Director of Old School, Owen Wilson, Snoop-a-loop, Vince V. and a cameo by Farrell. It can't lose. Why can't the bring back or re-make good shows, like BJ and the Bear? There's a concept I can't get enough of - a man and his monkey.
Return of the King tracking 100% Fresh. Best review clip - "If you were to play dungeons and dragons for twelve hours straight, eat a wheel of brie and knock yourself out with a hammer, your dreams might look something like this."
NYU stops filming of sex scene in class. Man, this is odd. Censorship is bad. Best quote of the article is this one - "Lisa Estrin, 19, a sophomore, said she made a film showing simulated sex between two stuffed toys, Minnie Mouse and Lamb Chop." She'll be hearing from the Disney Corporation soon. I expect to see this on The Daily Show asap. You listening Stewart?
Goonies Sequel in the works. This appears to be the real deal. Why don't they bring back or re-make good shows? Like BJ and the Bear? There's a concept I can never get enough of - a man and his monkey.
Why the original Matrix was good and the sequels sucked Saw Revolutions tonight. It wasn't as bad as I thought, but I did hit my head in frustration in a couple places and laugh out loud in a few others (there are no jokes). The Wachowskis should have packed it in and asked everyone to buy 3 copies of the original. There should be rules. When watching the 2nd one, ignore the entire cave/temple scene and any time someone talks for more than 3 lines. When watching the 3rd one, ignore pretty much all of the dialogue, except the Oracle's first speech. Ah well.
In case you're looking for something to do this weekend, go see School of Rock. You will not be disappointed. Or read 'The Da Vinci Code'. Thanks to Oof for the book.
Michael Moore and his new book and film. Love 'em or hate 'em, he's always good for a debate. Good column if you've got time to read it. And yes, it's from Movie Poop Shoot.
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Trailer It came out a few days ago, and it just rocks rocks. If Peter Jackson doesn't get the Oscar, there's something fundamentally wrong with the Academy.
Everyone can use a R2D2 hat.
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